Posted on 11/08/2014 8:09:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
It is often claimed that conservative religious voters, especially white evangelicals, are going the way of the dinosaur, consigned to demographic irrelevance. But they were a key component of the Republicans’ 2014 midterm victories. According to exit polls, Conservative religious voters made up as big a percentage of the electorate as ever, and they backed Republicans at least as strongly as ever.
White evangelicals were 26% of the electorate this year, and 78% of them voted Republican. That’s up from 2010, when they were 25 percent of the electorate, and 77 percent voted Republican, and 2006, when they were 24 percent of the electorate and, and 70 percent voted Republican.
The numbers for white Catholics were similarly unchanged: They made up 19% of the electorate this year, 60% of whom voted Republican, whereas in 2010 they were 17% of the electorate, 59% of whom voted Republican, and in 2006 they were 20% of the electorate, 49% of whom supported Republicans.
People who attend religious services weekly or more made up 40 percent of 2014 voters, and 58 percent of them supported Republicans, whereas in 2006, they made up 45 percent of the voters, and 55 percent backed Republicans. By contrast, people who never attend church made up 18 percent of this year’s electorate, and only 36 percent of them favored Republicans, up from 30 percent in 2006, when they were 15 percent of voters.
Republican support among all Protestants—white evangelicals, Mainliners, and ethnics—was 61 percent this year, when they were 53 percent of the electorate; 59 percent in 2010, when they were 55 percent of voters; and 54 percent in 2006, when they were again 55 percent of voters. As white Mainline Protestants continue to decline, it appears Republicans are making some gains mong ethnic Protestants, whose numbers are growing.
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Captain Obvious on set......And cue Captain Obvious....Action!
I’ll say this now. If we win the presidency and retain a majority in the House and senate, i want a federal marriage amendment passed day #1. Once its in the constitution, the courts are powerless
the GOPe doesn’t want us
Yes, Christians are a great help to Republicans. As time
passes it is becoming increasingly clear to me that the
reverse is also true. Liberal judges and the liberal
politicians who appoint them have to be put in check by
somebody. Every time you look around Churches and/or
Christians are being attacked in this country.
Action. Yes.
Mike Huckabee has emphasized this. There are many millions of eligible but non-voting self-described evangelical Christians. Conservative Republican time and money is much better spent recruiting these voters than any racial or religious minority groups.
Since Christians make up the republican party of course the GOP represents our interests to a degree, but that is the complaint about the rinos, they are mostly soft on their Christianity and it is reflected in their mushy defense of American traditionalism and conservatism in their politics.
Vienna, please read the constitution before you amend it.
(Hint: The President has no role in the amendment process.)
That won’t happen.
Better to impeach, and remove, those judges who are finding things in the Constitution which aren’t there, homosexual marriage included.
THAT fix (impeachment and removal) would fix a whole slew of things, from homosexual marriage to stopping an overreaching EPA, and many more unconstitutional things which are happening, and we wouldn’t have to risk an all out war to do it.
You inspired me to create a new tagline.
Thanks
I am aware of that, but if Clinton was elected in 2016, it is virtually impossible that the senate would still be in Republican hands. While the president has no formal role, a Republican in the WH has huge influence over the legislature, and if it is Ted Cruz, he can spearhead the argument and make the case. Its not like the Repubs currently in control are going to do anything on it.
Two-thirds (Supermajority) vote of members present—assuming that a quorum exists—in both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States Congress;
IT IS DEAD JIM. This was not done in the 90’s. It is no longer even feasible. Conservative intellectual failed again to cut this off at the pass and settled for DOMA
You also need 3/4 of state legislatures
We’re getting very close the place that the “revival” we’ve talked about for decades is just about imperative. And why not? The darker it gets ,the more people are going to look for the light.
I was hoping you would stay away from my posts
as I had politely asked. But without attempting
to make a blanket statement as you seem prone to
do I would say many “mushy rinos” would come to the
defense of Christians if and when liberals go after
them. Besides, my point was about Republican politicians
in general benefitting the Christian movement. You
added the “mushy rinos” thing that neither added nor
detracted to my point. Please avoid my direct posts as
I avoid yours.
Huh? I don’t have any idea what that gibberish was about, but see post 7.
The Republican party is the party of Protestant Christian America, it doesn’t do a good job of representing them, but it is the one that they vote for.
I am not a strong Christian but I will defend Christians
and their practices against liberal bastards until my last
breath. Others are like me and some of those are politicians.
Now please leave me alone.
That’s great, I thought that you had some disagreement with post 7, and that is why you are posting to me.
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